Tonkin

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Discover

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway

Flags That Look Alike

US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

Timeline of the 2000s

President Richard M. Nixon smiles and gives the victory sign as he boards the White House helicopter after his resignation on August 9, 1974 in Washington, D.C.

Timeline of the 1970s

Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.

Timeline of the 1980s

Human Cannibalism; Johannes Lerii's account of the description of the method the Indians use for "barbecuing" human flesh. Nude Indians barbecuing and eating parts of human bodies; Theodor de Bry.

Cannibalism: Cultures, Cures, Cuisine, and Calories

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Tonkin: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As	Tongking

Topics

Champa Cochinchina Annam Ottoman Empire Byzantine Empire British Empire ancient Egypt East Germany Prussia ancient Greek civilization

Vietnam

Key People

Francis Garnier

French naval officer

Jean Dupuis

French trader

Marie-Jules Dupré

French naval officer

Ferry

Jules Ferry

French statesman

Deo Van Tri

Vietnamese tribal chief

Bert

Paul Bert

French physiologist and politician